Are You Sleepless in America?
Is the Economy Keeping You Awake at Night?
If so, you might be happy to know that you are not alone. A recent National Sleep Foundation poll has found that 1 in 4 Americans say that concerns and worries over personal finances, fear of job loss, and the economy is keeping them up at night.
Instead of sleeping, we are spending more time tossing and turning and watching late night television shows.
We are also taking more drugs.
Prescriptions for sleep medications has also grown, topping 56 million in 2008. Good news, I guess, for the pharmaceutical companies selling GABA-enhancing ‘Z drugs’ (Ambien, Lunesta, Rozerem) …read more
